The Shemwell Family

Remon WatkinsAge: 90 years19102001

Name
Remon Watkins
Given names
Remon
Surname
Watkins
Married name
Remon Driskill
Birth November 12, 1910
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 5 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 6 years)

Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I
Historical Event
Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918 (Age 7 years)

Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 18 years)

Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression
MarriageJames Jefferson DriskillView this family
about 1932 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 31 years)

Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II
Census May 3, 1950 (Age 39 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 39 years)
Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 35 years)
Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War
Death of a husbandJames Jefferson Driskill
September 24, 1986 (Age 75 years)
Death July 11, 2001 (Age 90 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Cedar Grove Cemetery
Family with James Jefferson Driskill - View this family
husband
James Jefferson Driskill
Birth: August 23, 1906 29 23Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: September 24, 1986Christian, Kentucky, United States
herself
Remon Watkins
Birth: November 12, 1910Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 11, 2001Christian, Kentucky, United States
Marriage: about 1932Todd, Kentucky, United States

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Census1950 United States - Census transcript - James Jefferson Driskill - Household

Coal Bank Road Todd, Kentucky

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPNatDoing last weekHours WorkedOccupationIndustryClass
Driskill, James JheadMW43MarKYFarmerFarm
Driskill, RemonwifeFW39MarKY
Blalock, Shirley AnieceFW7NevKY